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    "id": 1477586,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mariam Omar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I stand to add my voice on the issue of insecurity in Turkana County. Insecurity is not only in Turkana County but generally in northern Kenya. I realised that insecurity arises because of poverty. We are marginalised because of Sessional Paper No.10 of 1963. Now our roads are impassable. That is why people take advantage of insecurity there. Yesterday we discussed about division of revenue, where the National Assembly has proposed to reduce the money that will go to the counties to Kshs380 billion. We need a budget to settle the issue of insecurity. What is going on now in some counties in northern Kenya is that county governments are employing NPRs to provide some security. In case of cattle rustling, we need money for people to follow up so that culprits are brought to book. The Government should spearhead issues of security in the country without leaving some counties behind. Let us be honest when it comes to revenue distribution. This way, Turkana among other ASALs will be at par with other counties. Our children should go to school without experiencing the pressure of insecurity in the region. Madam Temporary Speaker insecurity goes further to the clans; insecurity within the region. It is our children doing things that cannot be done by other people. It happens that these people just disappear and are nowhere to be found. We need the KPR to be everywhere so that at least we can have the security issue settled. There is also a lack of basic natural resources like water. Part of the insecurity is because people are struggling to share resources like water. If the national Government and the county government can take the opportunity, so that 80 per cent of their budget can go to the basic needs of our citizens, these insecurity issues can go down and our children can go to school. In ASAL counties, there is a time when most of the schools are closed because of insecurity. So, let us take this insecurity issue as a serious matter, so that at least citizens in northern Kenya can benefit and get their basic needs. With those many remarks, I support."
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